Method

Heat the butter in a saucepan, then add the onion and cook for 5 mins until softened. Stir in the flour and cook for 2 mins, then slowly start to whisk in the milk. When it has all been incorporated, gently cook for 5 mins until the sauce has thickened.

Meanwhile, place the spinach in a large colander. Pour over a kettle full of boiling water until the leaves have wilted (you may have to do this twice). Place the spinach in a clean dishcloth, squeeze out any excess liquid, then roughly chop. Stir into the sauce with the cream, gently heat, then finely grate over some nutmeg and season well.

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Comments, questions and tips

Delicious! Added garlic and used creme fraiche instead of cream. Didn’t bother with the tea towel, just made sure I squeezed most of the water out in the colander and didn’t chop ;) so easy!

ekorpez1

17th Mar, 2017

5.05

Absolutely delicious. I've grated some parmesan cheese on top and it was definitely one of the best spinach dishes I had.

Boomunki

4th Apr, 2016

I put a garlic clove in, gave it a little extra, this is really nice

yarohab

19th Aug, 2015

so easy to make, yet very delicious.My wife was upset because she was not home when I made.!!!!

lpmash@webmail.co.za

3rd Nov, 2014

Delicious!!!!! I cant stop eating

chocolatchaud

2nd Sep, 2014

5.05

Really delicious - works perfectly with smoked haddock fishcakes!

bubli

18th Apr, 2014

3.8

I served this with potatoes and fried egg (as one of the comments below states, it's a traditional Czech Easter meal). Needless to say, it was yummy. I like the trick with kettle & hot water, this was the spinach doesn't get cooked completely dead and keeps a lot of flavour.
Next time, I'll leave out 100ml milk (thus, use milk and cream 1:1), to make it a bit less liquid, possibly add a clove of garlic (ain't never enough of garlic, heh)

lizleicester

31st Mar, 2014

3.8

Simple and delicious. Had to be dairy free so used soya margerine, unsweetened soya milk and Alpro cream and no one could tell the difference!

egangemi

9th Apr, 2013

4.05

Ridiculously easy and such a great side dish. I add more nutmeg just for that extra flavour.

Yuliya.s

18th Jan, 2013

5.05

Made this last Xmas and everyone loved it. The nutmeg adds a lovely touch to the cream and spinach. (mental note: should use nutmeg more often).

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Can this be frozen? I think it would be good to freeze small portions to bring out later.

goodfoodteam

21st Mar, 2016

We've not tested freezing this recipe so cannot guarantee perfect results, however, as this is stabilised with flour we think this should freeze OK. It is definitely worth trying out a portion. When you thaw it, it might look a little curdled, but this should go as you heat it in the pan.

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